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OK, so I've lined up my ED of a BMW 328i convertible. I've selected deep sea blue metallic (non-negotiable as it's such an amazing color!) and I'm pairing this with black dakota leather. While I've seen this blue / black combination on the BMW USA "build your own" it's not the same as seeing one in real life or a photo of a real car with this combination. I've never seen this combo (found a small thumbnail on Google images). The alternative is the cream biege which I see everywhere.

What do others think of this DSB / black leather combination?

Do any of you out there have a deep see blue with black leather / have photos?

How does the black leather wear over time compared to cream biege? (in a convertible).

My wife and I bought her car in Le Mans Blue without ever seeing the color in person. When we were ready to order last year there was not a single new or used car of any model on a dealer lot in San Diego County in Le Mans Blue because it's a color only available on the M3 or on a car with the M Sport Package. The first time we saw Le Mans Blue in person was on the floor of BMW Welt when we took delivery. We were not disappointed!

She wasn't interested in the Saddle interior and was originally thinking about Gray. Both our CA and I were trying to steer her away from Gray and finally our CA took us out to look at a CPOed 2007 E90. The car was in great condition but my wife could see how the Gray leather and plastic would look in four years. She immediately changed her mind to Black and that is what we ordered. Again, we have not been disappointed.

OK, so I've lined up my ED of a BMW 328i convertible. I've selected deep sea blue metallic (non-negotiable as it's such an amazing color!) and I'm pairing this with black dakota leather. While I've seen this blue / black combination on the BMW USA "build your own" it's not the same as seeing one in real life or a photo of a real car with this combination. I've never seen this combo (found a small thumbnail on Google images). The alternative is the cream biege which I see everywhere.

What do others think of this DSB / black leather combination?

Do any of you out there have a deep see blue with black leather / have photos?

How does the black leather wear over time compared to cream biege? (in a convertible).

Go for it! You won't be sorry if you're bold enough to spec this combi!

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Originally Posted by twhisten

Black basically goes nice with any color.......
I have the saddle with le mans blue and love it.
I have DSB on my X5 with the beige.....it gets dirty pretty quick......especially with a 3 year old.

Good call. I had Oyster under DSB on an 11 E90. It did not grow on me. As a do over, I would get black. Goes with everything. Oyster, beige (various rentals), gray (had it on our E91) all show dirt like crazy. I think at first saddle looks odd but I kind of like it over the years. Very classy color.

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It is a pretty dark blue - I would think it would look much better with a lighter color like saddle (but I am a bit biased!). Love the saddle with Montego and have seen it with DSB and it looks great - not so light that it is hard to keep clean and the thing I like about saddle is that only the seating surfaces and door panel inserts are saddle, all the rest of the plastic, most of the door panels, the bottom of the dash and the carpets are black, so it is a very nice contrast. Colors like tan leather, they put in light carpet and plastics and tow tone the dash.

I also think it would look great with Oyster which is also a mostly black interior with Osyter colored seating surfaces - just a bit more work to keep clean.

Nothing wrong with all black, but I think a little color adds a nice contrast, especially top down where the interior color is actually seen from outside.

Thanks to the link to that e90post.com thread - seems like DSB is fairly rare (I know it's recent) and 80% of owners choose the lighter interior colors.

Saddle was really starting to grow on me, then I used the "build your own" again and saw the interior view with the mix of colors. For me DSB and dark walnut are non negotiable (the walnut is an old Triumph 2000 feature, I think old Jags had it too).

In the interior saddle would look good with the black or aluminium insets, but with my insistence on dark walnut there's just so many colors going on - saddle, black, dark walnut - that it loses it's cool. Two interior colors cool, three - too many.

To all those who recommend cream or oyster - I have to agree with you - this is the most logical choice and looks good; but I see these combinations a lot. I want to be a bit unique, but coral is pushing it too far (for me).

So I'm with MMME30W, TJG and MP3_E46. It remains black.

I may not have changed my mind from this thread - but it has helped a lot. Yesterday I started out thinking "black, mmm, maybe" now I'm locked down on black.

Saddle was really starting to grow on me, then I used the "build your own" again and saw the interior view with the mix of colors. For me DSB and dark walnut are non negotiable (the walnut is an old Triumph 2000 feature, I think old Jags had it too).

Just to piggyback on what a few others have said, I have spent the last two months looking at used BMWs. Anywhere from 2004 to 2010. Unless they have change something in the last year or two, the lighter color interiors show dirt really bad.

I agree, I do not like saddle with burl walnut, light or dark, to many browns going on. I did gray poplar which is pretty much black, but has the warmth of wood trim without being brown. Since they no longer offer it, you either have to choose a burl walnut or a non wood.

Glad you have got it figured out, now the wait begins!

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Originally Posted by ixsomerset

Thanks to the link to that e90post.com thread - seems like DSB is fairly rare (I know it's recent) and 80% of owners choose the lighter interior colors.

Saddle was really starting to grow on me, then I used the "build your own" again and saw the interior view with the mix of colors. For me DSB and dark walnut are non negotiable (the walnut is an old Triumph 2000 feature, I think old Jags had it too).

In the interior saddle would look good with the black or aluminium insets, but with my insistence on dark walnut there's just so many colors going on - saddle, black, dark walnut - that it loses it's cool. Two interior colors cool, three - too many.

To all those who recommend cream or oyster - I have to agree with you - this is the most logical choice and looks good; but I see these combinations a lot. I want to be a bit unique, but coral is pushing it too far (for me).

So I'm with MMME30W, TJG and MP3_E46. It remains black.

I may not have changed my mind from this thread - but it has helped a lot. Yesterday I started out thinking "black, mmm, maybe" now I'm locked down on black.

One thing I struggled with picking my colors is that saddle photographs a more orange than it looks in person to me and the flash will bring out wood tones in the trim that you normally don't see and amplify the color, so it is touch until you see it in a car in person.